Sunday, March 30, 2008

Vista Indexing and Search

Vista Indexing and Search

The following steps are some ideas for how to change what folders are included with Indexing and to use the Search Functions.

1. When you search for files, the default setting for Vista is to search only in the User's Documents folder. To add to the locations that will then be included in Vista's Indexing and Searching
2. Open the Control Panel
3. Go to System and Maintenance
4. Go to Indexing Options
5. Click on the Modify button
6. Click on the Show all locations button
7. Click Continue if prompted
8. Check the Drives or Folders in Drives that you want to include
9. The follow shows the addition of the entire C: drive and just the Data directory from the D: drive
10. Now those additions will be included in the locations where Vista will index files.

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